Towel cabinet



April 2, 1940. J, c, JENSEN I 2,195,727

TOWEL CABINET Filed April 24, 1939 INVENTOR. Jens (/zrzafazn JensenPatented Apr. 2 1940 UNITED STATE Y TOWEL CABlNET Jens Christian Jensen,Chicago, 111., assignor to Northern Paper Mills, Green Bay, Wis, acorporation of Wisconsin Application April 24, 1939, Serial No. 269,748

L 3 Claims.

The object of the invention is the provision,

of a guard normally covering and protecting the exposed end of the papertowel projecting through the slot which is normally held in closed posi-'tion by spring means necessitating the use of one hand for holding itin open position while withdrawing the paper towel with the other hand,

. thereby involving a slight delay in the withdrawal of the towels fromthe cabinet and discouraging extravagant and wasteful use thereof.

In the accompanying drawing wherein an approved embodiment of theinvention is illustrated:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved cabinet.

Fig.2 is aside elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary viewsimilar to Fig. 2 but showing the lowerportion of the cabinet in section and the guard member in open position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectionv on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1showing the hinged front part of the cabinet swung downwardly to openposition to enable the introduction of a fresh supply of paper towels. v

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cabinet showing the guardmember inopen position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the body of the towel cabinet iscomposed of two parts designated at 6 and 1. The part I constitutes therear wall of a wall or other support 8 by suitable means 9. The verticaledges of the stationary part I are bent angularly as indicated at H! andthe lower extremities of these flanges are extended down wardly andforwardly as at H and support pivot pins l2 which pass through theopposite side walls of the front part 6 and thereby pivotally connectthe parts 85 and 1 together. 1

The front part 6 also includes the front wall l3 of the body and the topwall l4 thereof, the I latter being provided with a lock l5 adapted tocoact with a keeper 16 at the top of the rear part 1 whereby the twoparts of the cabinet body may be locked in operative position.

The lower portion of the rear part 1 .15 formed with a forwardlyinclined extension I! and the front wall I3 is provided with a similarlyarranged extension I8 and, when the parts of the cabi-. net are closed,a dispensing slot l9 is'thus provided between the extensions l1 and I8to facilitate the withdrawal of towels for use.

A guard plate 20 is pivotally secured to the the cabinet and is rigidlysecured to under side of the rear extension ll by hinges 2| and isnormally held in raised position by the tension of a spring wire 22arranged between the extension If and the guard plate 20. Both ends ofthe spring wire are bent angularly, one being secured by a strap 23 tothe extension IT and the other being secured by a strap 24 to the insideof the guard plate 20. The medial portion of the spring wire is heldagainst undue displacement by a strap 25.

Theguard plate 25 extends throughout the lengthof the slot l9 and iscurved so as to closely fit beneath the oppositely inclined extensionsl1 and H) to encloseand protect the projecting end 26 of the lowermostpaper towel. Flanges 2? are formed at the ends of the guard plate tostrengthen it and a handle 28 is struck therefrom for convenience ofmanipulation.

Angular stop members 29 are secured to the under side of the inclinedextension I! and coact with the opposite extension Hi When the frontpart 6 is moved forwardly and downwardly to open positiomwhereby thefront part is held in the horizontal position illustrated in Fig. 6 forthe convenience of the operator in refilling the cabinet with a freshsupply of paper towels. During the opening of the front body part 6, thefront edge of the guard plate 20 slides along the inclined extension [8to the position shown in Fig.4 and is so held until the front part 6 isrestored to closed position. When the guard plate is in closed positionthe stops 29 are accommodated in openings 30 of said plate.

In use, the spring 22 normally holds the guard plate 28 in closedposition as shown in Figs. 1

and 2 in which it covers the exposed projecting edge of the lowermostpaper towel and also the slot E9. The tension of the spring I6 is suchas to require the steady application of pressure by one hand of the userto retain it in open position while the other hand is used to withdrawthe towel. This mode of operation discourages the extravagant andwasteful use of the towels as by withdrawing first one with one hand andthen another with the other hand.

Upon release of the cover plate, it is swung to closed position by thespring 22 and retained un til further use.

What I claim is:

l. A towel cabinet comprising a body composed of two parts pivotallyconnected together and having a dispensing slot therein, a spring closedguard member normally covering said slot and pivotally secured to one ofsaid body members, said guard being engageable by the other body memberduring swinging movement of the latter to cause displacement of saidguard.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a body composed of two parts pivotallyconnected together and having a dispensing slot therein, a spring closedguard member normally covering said slot and pivotally secured to one ofsaid body members, said guard being engageable by the other body memberduring swinging movement of the latter to cause displacement of saidguard, and means for limiting the swinging movement of the secondmentioned body member.

3; A towel cabinet comprising a body composed of two parts pivotallyconnected at their lower ends and including lower inclined extensionsnormally disposed in spaced relation to provide a slot for thewithdrawalv of paper towels, stop -members on one part of said bodyadapted to cooperate with the extension of the other part 5 guard inclosed position, said guard being engage- 1o able by the secondmentioned body part and movable to open position during the openingmovement of said second mentioned body part.

JENS CHRISTIAN JENSEN.

